Amid a nationwide push to curb rampant gang-related insecurity plaguing Haiti, Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé traveled to the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) base located in the Tabarre district on May 14, 2026. The visit marked a high-profile check-in on progress of the coordinated international and local operation aimed at disarming violent armed groups that have destabilized large swathes of the country.
During his time at the base, Fils-Aimé held strategic talks with two key senior officials: Jack Christofidies, Special Representative of the GSF, and Daniela Kroslak, Under-Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). The core agenda of the closed-door discussions centered on streamlining the deployment of newly formed operational units and speeding up ongoing offensive operations designed to neutralize dangerous gang factions that have controlled neighborhoods, disrupted basic services and terrorized civilian populations for years.
Accompanying the Prime Minister on the inspection tour was Vladimir Paraison, Director General of the Haitian National Police (known locally as ONH). Together, the pair reviewed the technical equipment and purpose-built infrastructure that will support incoming contingents. These new forces are tasked with bolstering joint operations carried out by the Haitian National Police and the Armed Forces of Haiti (FAd’H), as the country works to fully reassert government control over territory held by armed gangs.
In remarks delivered to multinational troops deployed at the base – including service members from Chad, El Salvador, and Guatemala – Prime Minister Fils-Aimé delivered a straightforward message underscoring the stakes of the mission. “The Haitian people expect only one thing from you: concrete results for the lasting restoration of security,” he told the assembled forces. The visit comes as Haiti ramps up its long-awaited crackdown on gang violence, with international support, to create the conditions for long-promised political and electoral stability across the country.